Gulf Coast

Interstate and Ocean Transport Company (IOT) has announced the recent opening of its new Southern Fleet Center at 2040 Guy N. Verger Boulevard, Tampa, Fla. The new center is strategically located in the Port of Tampa to support Interstate's Gulf Coast fleet of superbarges. These mammoth barges deliver petroleum and petrochemicals to ports along the Gulf Coast of the United States, in the Caribbean Islands, and in Mexico.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, IOT is said to be the largest independent marine transporter of petroleum products in the United States. With their combined East Coast and Gulf Coast fleet of 53 barges and 37 tugs, Interstate serves ports as far north as Canada, all along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States, and as far south as Puerto Rico.

Interstate has been operating in the Gulf of Mexico for over 20 years. The company moves a large volume of oil from the Houston refining area to ports in the Southeastern United States.

In the Port of Tampa alone, Interstate delivers approximately 19-million barrels of gasoline and jet fuel each year. A large volume of refined products is deliv- ered to this area, but it is estimated at least 50 percent of all the gasoline purchased in the State of Florida was transported by Interstate.

The Galveston Office of Designers
& Planners, Inc. has been redesignated
as the Gulf Coast Office,
and has been relocated in
Dickinson, Texas, midway between
Galveston and Houston.
Monroe Levy, vice president and
manager of the Galveston Office,
retired from D&P on December 31,
1980. However

Gulf Coast R e f r i g e r a t i o n and Motor Service,
Inc. of Houma, La., recently signed the
largest contract in its history to install
heating and air-conditioning systems in the
seven catamaran-style tugs (CATUGS) under
construction by Halter Marine, Inc.
George Arceneaux, vice president of

After reviewing the results of a
year-long Gulf Coast strategic
study, the Secretary of Defense has
announced homeporting decisions
affecting nine Gulf Coast cities. The
plan, to be implemented in the late
1980s and early 90s, involves some
29 ships and approximately 15,000
personnel.
The current

other steel and aluminum products for both commercial and government markets. The company provides both repair and new construction services at its five Gulf Coast shipyards located in southern Louisiana and Texas. Widely recognized for innovation, Conrad has a separate business unit devoted to the construction

and maneuvering
systems—has named Erwin
(Ed) D. Green Great Lakes regional
manager, and has appointed
Carl R. Nielson sales engineer for
the Gulf Coast. In their respective
positions, both will be responsible
for the marketing of KaMe-
Wa controllable-pitch propellers
and thrusters, as well as

In keeping with the growing
demands of the offshore market,
Jim Darby has recently been appointed
sales engineer for Bird-
Johnson's Gulf Coast office located
at 6430 Hillcroft, Houston,
Texas. This assignment represents
an expansion of the company's
regional resources. Mr.
Darby will work in

will be McElroy Electric
Double Wildcat for l'/2-inch chain
and 3,000-pound anchors.
According to Robert G. O'Connor,
president of Florida Gulf Coast
Corporation, when the Ponce de
Leon is completed in 1986 she will
provide her 148 passengers with the
amenities of a luxury liner and the
ambience

fuel efficiency. The first supply boat repower for Laborde, Gulf Ranger is also the first such Mitsubishi Tier 3-compliant, mechanical-powered OSV on the Gulf Coast.
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(PMA) for amphibious
and auxiliary ships for FYs
1993-95. One hundred and ninetyone
of the availabilities will be on
the East and Gulf Coasts and the
remaining 165 will be on the West
Coast. Nine Ballistic Missile Nuclear
Submarine (SSBN) Availabilities
are also included in the total

and optimized for our operation in the U.S. engine and the other for the three generators onboard, cargo discharge system consisting of conveyors and a
Gulf. The stern is optimized for ef? cient water ? ow into allowing the ship to burn 3.5% Sulfur fuel while in ECA 79 meter discharge boom designed by

GREAT SHIPS of 2017
Image: Vigor
First complex liquef ed
Harvest &
ammonia transport barge
built in the U.S. for Jones Act trade since 1982
Abundance
igor is histori- Vigor’s capabilities in large vessel con-
Barge Main ParticularsBarge Main Particulars
cally one of struction with decades of experience

Beluga
World’s
First vessel
with tri-lube type C-
tanks for storing of liquid ethane gas
A new lique? ed ethylene gas carrier from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the U.K. The tally from conventional gas carriers, as The design of the Star-Trilobe cargo tank
(LEG) was built at Sinopaci? c Ship- ? rst

DURING OPERATION
?C AN ALSO TRANSMIT INSTRUMENT SIGNALS FROM ROTOR WITHOUT
SPECIAL SLIPRINGS
Serving the Galveston, Houston and Texas Gulf Coast area, Malin International Ship Repair & Drydock
is a full service topside repair facility ready to handle your scheduled or emergency repairs.

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About the Author
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Sunken Cities
Long-lost Egyptian Artifacts
Are Coming to the U.S.
olossal, 16-foot-tall sculptures and precious artifacts re-
cently excavated from ancient submerged cities will be
among the underwater treasures on display as part of the
CSunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds exhibit in St. Louis,
Mo.

Offshore Wind Energy
? xed and ? oating — with signi? cant over 20 years old), as exempli? ed by JG6000P, “works within all U.S. stag-
potential along both the east and west Fred Olsen Windcarrier. Vard, too, is ing ports” and can carry and install 8
coasts,” the operator says, echoing a con? dent

ADCPs
ADCP was deployed in 36m of water at Janus con? guration, with beam ? ve in readings were recorded by the ADCP’s
a site off the west coast of Ireland dur- the vertical and beams one-four offset at onboard micro electromechanical sys-
ing the winter of 2015 (the experiment some prede? ned angle

Image courtesy of TechWorks Marine
minutes) from which are derived nominal wave spectra. Hard-
ware is based on wave staffs, wire gauges, buoys or underwa-
ter acoustic sensors, but device cost means that measurements
are made at a single point. These existing techniques have de-
? ciencies: (i) many of

ADCPs
Image courtesy of TechWorks Marine
Finding Monsters Finding Monsters
on the Ocean Surface
By Frederic Diaz and Darryl Symonds
he study of extreme wave events waves and short waves. Generally, the elia towered waves to the coast of Ire-
in the ocean has become a pop- ratio of depth to wavelength is

By Claudio Paschoa
ker Solutions is a leading subsea Solutions was one of the original com- opment, where Aker Solutions has also
equipment and service provider panies installing subsea equipment and been at the forefront. In Brazil, Aker
Ain Brazil, having participated in developing subsea systems.

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Photo: Øyvind Gravås / Woldcam - Statoil ASA
How many red snapper are in the U.S.
waters of the Gulf of Mexico? A team of
university and government scientists will
lead a two-year, $12 million independent
study that aims to produce an estimate.
www

VESSELS
Sub Chapter T Certi? ed tour boat to a customer in New class D0, meaning the hulls are designed speci? cally for po-
England. At 41’, the RIBCRAFT 12.5 is the newest and lar waters and are reinforced to maneuver in ice. The ? rst of
largest model in the RIBCRAFT model line. The ultimate the

VESSELS
of new builds that will enhance shipdocking on the East MBTA’S GLADDING-HEARN BUILT FAST FERRIES
Coast for years to come. The vessel, built by Horizon Ship- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
building, is notably the ? rst EPA Tier IV tug on the U.S. (MBTA) has received the ? rst of

VESSELS
ny. The Harvest will be operated by a subsidiary of Savage HARVEY GULF’S LARGE CAPACITY
Companies as part of an articulated tug and barge (ATB) JONES ACT COMPLIANT MPSV
unit. Leveraging one million labor hours at Vigor facilities Harvey Gulf International Marine this year took deliv-
in

of the future will be trained. Sec-
Domestic Ferry Boom
ond – and no less important – these vessels perform myri-
A Hornblower contract won by two Gulf Coast yards
ad (critical national security) functions beyond their most
to produce as many as 19 aluminum ferries for New York
visible training missions

BOATBUILDING
were very passionate, marshaling the troops to pull togeth-
PT-305 is transported on the Mississippi
er resources to help out this project.”
River in New Orleans to begin sea trials
Newmar donated a package of four Phase Three-series
at SeaBrook Harbor & Marine.
battery chargers for the

BOATBUILDING
Commercial Workboat Philanthropy
on Display on PT-305
Image: National World War II Museum
WWII Museum’s PT-305 sails again af er a far
reaching donor-funded restoration.
By Susan Buchanan
n March, the National WWII Museum in New Orleans Recent improvements to the PT-305, which was used

REGULATORY WATCH
PAWSA Procedures
In September, the Coast Guard announced two PAW-
SA sessions, each covering two days: November 7 & 8, in
Poughkeepsie, and November 15 & 16 in Albany. Partici-
pants would be chosen “based on their waterway expertise
and to create a broad cross-section of Hudson River

REGULATORY WATCH
Hudson
AWSA AWSA
River
Tales:
auses auses
arkingarking
rojectroject
(*) all images courtesy www.riverkeeper.org
n June 2016, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) opened a
When marine safety collides with
public comment period regarding new anchorage zones
in the Hudson River; usually a